Top Chef – Chef CJ Jacobson Website

CJ Jacobson, a contestant on two seasons of Bravo’s hit show Top Chef, is currently the Consulting Chef at The Mercantile. In March, CJ will open Girasol in Studio City. Prior to appearing on Season 10 of Top Chef, CJ spent three months working at Noma in Coperhagen, Denmark, which snagged the top spot on the SanPellegrino list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants for the third year in a row, and was Executive Chef atThe Yard, where he drew heavily on relationships with local farmers to build his menu around seasonal produce. He has also cooked at Campanile, Wolfgang Puck Catering, and Axe, appeared around the country with the James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour and cooked dinner at the James Beard House in NY. A former professional volleyball player standing at 6’8″, CJ.